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A review by duanebutcher
The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson
4.0
Well put together, thoughtful, propulsive. It shows just how awful things used to be--but that in many important ways the struggle is still going on. There's just not that much difference between Emmit Till and Trayvon Martin. This isn't a hagiography: it's factual, it doesn't sugar coat the situation for African-Americans in Chicago in comparison with Mississippi, and it makes it clear that the case was an example of skillful messaging and media management. (Yes, striking that even then the bigots were saying "but Chicago..")
A few surprises, which won't be for people who are better informed than I: it was interesting that several of the white law enforcement personnel, and the judge, and the prosecutor really did try to seek justice here. They just seem to have been let down by a white racist jury that was sympathetic with the white racists who murdered Emmitt Till.
I'm glad I listened.
A few surprises, which won't be for people who are better informed than I: it was interesting that several of the white law enforcement personnel, and the judge, and the prosecutor really did try to seek justice here. They just seem to have been let down by a white racist jury that was sympathetic with the white racists who murdered Emmitt Till.
I'm glad I listened.